O sa ma certati, stiu, dar, daca imi dati sa aleg intre un mar si o ciocolata, aleg ciocolata… Ce sa fac, sunt dependenta de ea! In Vietnam, insa, am avut o…
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Vietnam (3) – the food comes when you crave it :)
A permanent Street Food Festival! That’s how I felt Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, when I roamed around. If the overwhelming traffic was the first thing that struck me when I arrived…
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VIETNAM (2) – the first shock and a wave of curiosity!
I am crazy: I took 5,909 pictures and movies on my vacation in Vietnam!!! You’d say that I went to make a documentary for Discovery, not a trip for my birthday 🙂…
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Vietnam (1) – Luggage control!
I begin my adventure in Vietnam with the end. I couldn’t return from my vacation without any mishaps… After two weeks of traveling through Vietnam and tasting – literally and figuratively –…
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TIBET (5/5) – a few stories and a few hundred pilgrims
The most sacred place in Tibet is behind me. The Jokhang Temple, considered the “heart of Tibet”. I came here three times to see the pilgrims. For a tourist like myself, the…
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TIBET (4/5) – on yak back to the Everest…
Holy Mother of God! Not even in my worst nightmares have I went to the place I am going to today: one of the most important sacred lakes in Tibet, that is…
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TIBET (3/5) – the spectacle of the monks
I know about Buddhism as much as any normal person who has not studied the history of religions… So I go full of enthusiasm towards two of the most important monasteries in…
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I will either die because of lack of oxygen or because I ask too many questions… Which one?…
Let me start with Dalai Lama… A tabu subject in Tibet! There are no photos of any Dalai Lama. There is one exception, a photo in a monastery with the 13th one.…
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TIBET – adventure on the top of the world (part 1/5)
Wouldn’t it be so cool to travel to Tibet in March, right on my birthday? That’s what I asked myself one day. And I slept on this idea for some time, until,…